So...
Changing it to a Class C a few years back didn't cause cannabis use to increase... it has actually been decreasing.
There is no evidence of any strong causal link between cannabis use & psychotic illness.
Cannabis is less harmful than Class B drugs.
The Government's own ACMD said it should
stay a Class C.
etc....
But, oh no, we have another stupid decision, by a stupid Government...change it back to a B
I liked this quote on the BBC story:
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Originally Posted by Labour MP Chris Mullin
The government should follow the advice of the experts rather than that of the tabloids.
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While the following on the BBC story should I think be corrected as marked:
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Originally Posted by BBC News
She [Jacqui Smith] added that the government's change of heart - which is subject to parliamentary approval - was..."relentless drivel".
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Ha, & it always makes me laugh when they say it's a "gateway drug" which leads users to then try heroin & other hard drugs..
IIRC, various studies & reports have found that to be utter rubbish, including the Police Foundation's Runciman Report.
[While my own personal experience from my youth is that the only drug it was a "gateway" to was tobacco...I blame my cigarette addiction on late-teen cannabis use...well, & my own lack of willpower.]
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Originally Posted by Helen Lovejoy
Won't somebody please think of the children!
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